§ 106-743.5. Waiver of utility assessments. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 106‑743.5.  Waiver ofutility assessments.

(a)        In the ordinanceestablishing an enhanced voluntary agricultural district under this Part, acounty or a city may provide that all assessments for utilities provided bythat county or city are held in abeyance, with or without interest, forfarmland subject to a conservation agreement under G.S. 106‑743.2 thatremains in effect until improvements on the farmland property are connected tothe utility for which the assessment was made.

(b)        The ordinance mayprovide that, when the period of abeyance ends, the assessment is payable inaccordance with the terms set out in the assessment resolution.

(c)        Statutes oflimitations are suspended during the time that any assessment is held inabeyance under this section without interest.

(d)        If an ordinance isadopted by a county or a city under this section, then the assessmentprocedures followed under Article 9 of Chapter 153A or Article 10 of Chapter160A of the General Statutes, respectively, shall conform to the terms of thisordinance with respect to qualifying farms that entered into conservationagreements while such ordinance was in effect.

(e)        Nothing in thissection is intended to diminish the authority of counties or cities to holdassessments in abeyance under G.S 153A‑201 and G.S. 160A‑237. (2005‑390, s. 5.)